Twine and thread cutter.



HQMYER & M. KOENIGES.

TWINE AND THREAD CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.6,1906.

firm

In: NORRIS PETERS co, wAsHmc-ron, n. c.

PATENTED- APR. 23, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'HARRY MYER AND MARTIN KOENIGES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TWINE AND THREAD CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

To Ml whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY MYER and MARTIN KOENIGES, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of New York city, borough of Manhattan, New York, and New York city, borough of Bronx, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine and Thread Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in the class of twine and thread cutters shown in United States Letters Patent issued to us on March 6, 1906, No. 814,153 and the object of this invention is to simplify and improve the device and particularly the movable member or roller that co-acts with the cutter or blade, and also to improve the folding handle part of the device to the end that the' same may be kept closed for carrying in the pocket and may be readily opened for use.

In carrying out our invention we provide a support or handle Witha cutter, and with a movable member vivotally supported and having its working ace opposed to the cutter,

and a spring co-acting with the movable member andwith the support to hold said member in working or rearward position to admit twine, cord and the like between the member and the cutter and permit the member to move in the direction of the cutter to force the twine, etc., against the cutter, whereby a movable member having a relatively long radius may be used without protruding through the back part of the suport. p The invention also comprises the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side view of a twine and thread cutter embodying our improvements, Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof, looking from the top in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an edge view looking from the bottom in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section, one side of the support being removed, Fig. 5 is a partly broken side view of the folding cutter having the movable member of Figs. 1 to 4, Fig. 6 is a partly broken side view of the folding cutter without the movable member, and Fig. 7 is a per- 5 ective view showing our improvements appied for use on a counter or the like, as a stationary cutter.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

At 1 is indicated a cutter or blade carried by a support or handle 2, and the cutter is shown carried by a hook-like member or extension 3 providing a space at 4 between the edge of the cutter and the support to receive twine, cord and the like. The movable member 5 is pivotally supported, as upon a pin 6 carried by support 2, and mostly within the support so that its operating curved edge faces the edge of the cutter, and at 7 is a spring shown coiled around pin or pivot 6 and having one of its arms bearing against a stop 2 on the support and its other arm against a pin 8 on member 5, whereby said spring will tend to move the member 5 away from cutter 4 and against a stop or pin 9 carried by support 2, in which position member 5 will be normally held (see Fig. 4). The cutter 5 is shown provided with teeth 5 adapted to engage a cord and the like to ush the same forcibly against the edge 0 the cutter.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive,'the support 2 is shown as constructed of two side plates or members 2", 2 forming a space between them within which the movable member 5 and its spring 7 are located, the pins 6 and 9 passing through said sides, and said sides of the support may be stamped out of sheet metal and folded at the parts 2 2 providing a firm yet light handle, and the extension 3 may have its side parts stamped integrally with the sides 2 2 so that when folded it will receive the cutter 1 therebetween, and the edge 3 may be folded across the space between the sides of the part 3 to form a seat for the back of cutter 1. The cutter or blade may be held firmly in position by a bolt, screw or the like 10 passing through the support and blade, and slots 11 may be provided to per-- mit adjustment of the blade, and the folded lip at 3 engaging the end of the blade will limit its outward movement, whereby the blade may be firmly held. The member 5 may also be made of folded metal as by forming two side plates ormembers 5 5 which may be made from a single piece of material folded at 5 to bring the members side by side, and they may be held spaced at their working edges by a strip 12 which may be riveted to said members at a distance from their edges, whereby a space or groove 13 is provided between the members 5 5 to receive the edge of the cutter or blade 1, teeth 5 projecting slightly beyond said outter edge, thus assuring that the cord, twine or the like, to be cut Will be pushed by the movable member fully beyond the edge of the cutter to fully sever the cord. The cord or the like to be cut will be placed in the space 4 between the cutter edge and the movable member, and when the device is drawn against the cord the movable member will swing toward the cutter on its pivot 6 and force the cord against the cutter, and when the cord is thus severed the movable member will be free and the spring 7 will swing the member back to its normal position, shown in Figs. 1 to 4, ready to receive another cord to be out.

In Fig. 5 the support or handle 2 is shown made in two parts pivoted together by a pivot 14, the hand part being shown as composed of two side members 2 ,2 adapted to receive between them the cutter as shown in dotted lines, when the device is folded, the cutter part with its member 5 being made substantially as before described. At 15 is a spring shown coiled around the pivot 14 and one of its arms bearing against a stop 16 on the hand part 2 and the other arm of the spring bearing against a pin or stop 17 on the cutter part, said spring thus serving to open the parts when released (as shown in Fig. 5) into position for use. Stops 18 and 19 on the hand part 2 and on the cutter part re-. spect vely limit the opening of the parts by the action of the spring, and said stops 18 and 19 may be formed by bending lugs that are stamped out of the material of the support and hand part. To keep the parts closed against the tension of spring 15, for convenience in carrying in the pocket, we provide suitable engaging devices shown in the form of aprojection 20 on the cutter part adapted 'to engage a socket 21 on the hand part, so

that by merely pushing the cutter part to release the projection 20 from the socket 21 the members will swing open into the operating position.

In Fig. 6 the device is substantially similar to that shown in Fig. 5 except that the movable member 5 is dispensed with and the I edges 2 of the support 2, opposite the edge of the cutter 1 provide an abutment for the cord, twine or the like to be pushed against the edge of the cutter, the spring 15 serving to hold the device open and the parts 20 and 21 serving to hold the device closed.

In Fig. 7 our improvements are shown in a support adapted to be attached to a counter or otherwise permanently fixed, for which purpose we have shown the support 2 as provided with lu s 22 adapted to be attached to a counter or t e like, as 23, the cutter 1 and movable member 5 being arranged in manner before described, and the edge of the support adjacent the lugs 22 may sink into a slot 24 in the counter, and at the corner diagonally opposite the lugs 22 may be lugs 22*, whereby the support may be attached to the counter with the cutter extending substantially horizontally as in Fig. 7, or with the cutter arranged in a substantially vertical direction when the edge 25 is placed against the counter or in slot 24 and the lugs 22 attached thereto.

Having now described our invention what we claim is 2-- 1. A cutting implement comprising a support provided with a cutter, a movable member pivotally carried by the support opposite and facing the edge of the cutter,'providing a s ace therebetween, a spring connected with tlie movable member and with the support, acting to move the member away from the cutter, and a stop to en age said member, whereby the member wiIl be held in a retracted position by the spring, and will press a cord or the like against a cutter during operation.

' 2. A cutting implement comprising a support provided with a cutter, a movable memand facing the cutter providing a space between the cutter and member and having two side plates secured to ether with a space between them to receive t e edge of the cutter, and means to hold said plates at a distance apart.

3. A cutting implement comprising a support provided with a cutter, a movable member pivotally carried by the support opposite and facing the cutter providing a space between the cutter and member and having .ber plvotally carried by the support opposite two side plates secured together with a space between them to receive the edge of the cutter, and means to hold said plates at a distance apart, said plates of said member being provided with teeth on their working edges.

4. A cutting implement comprising a support provided with a cutter, a movable member ivotally carried by the support said member aving a curved surface opposite and facin the cutter, the edge of said cutter lying suistantially at a tangent with respect to the curved surface of said member, said member IIO having two side plates secured together pro- 1 viding a space between them, a spring connecting said member with the support, and a stop for the member whereby the member will be held normally retracted with respect to the cutter and may swing toward the cutter during use. I

5. A cutting implement comprising a support provided with a cutter, a movable mem ber plvotally carried by the support opposite and facing the cutter providing a space between the cutter and member and having two side plates secured together witha space between them to receive the edge of the cutter, means to hold said plates at a distance apart, a spring connecting saidmember and l 7. A cutting implement comprising a supsaid sup ort, and a stop to engage said member and old it retracted with respect to the cutter.

6. A cutting implement comprising a support provided with a cutter, a movable member plvotally carried by the support opposite and facing the cutter providing a space between the cutter and member and having two side plates with a spacing piece secured between them providing a space between the plates receiving the edge of the cutter, a spring connecting the movable member with the support, and a stop engaging the member to hold the same retracted with respect to the cutter.

port and a hand part, the latter having two side members providing a space between them to receive the support, a spring located 20 in said space connecting the support with the hand part, and coacting pro'ecting and recessed members carried by t e supportand hand part to retain them folded against the tension of the spring, said support being pro- 2 5 vided with a cutter.

HARRY MYERQ MARTIN KOENIGES.

Witnesses E. S. LUCAS, W. E. BROWN. 

